“A reminder that, yes, this is who the U.S. is. The U.S. is a country that murders children both directly and indirectly in a myriad of ways.”

The eight-year-old boy, whose name has not yet been made public, is the second child to die in Border Patrol custody this month alone. (Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)

An eight-year-old Guatemalan boy died in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shortly after midnight on Christmas Day, the second death of a migrant child detained by the agency this month alone.